What’s the highest natural elevation in your state? What’s the lowest? While the United States’ topography provides plenty to marvel at across the map, it’s not uncommon for people to take a ...

Last week, a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study found that nearly half the United States lies in potential landslide zones.

The U.S. Air Force has released a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) that proposes a massive increase in low-level ...

The U.S. Geological Survey has developed a new nationwide landslide susceptibility map, showing that nearly half the country ...

an interactive map that shows the best time for viewing the changing of leaves across the contiguous United States. As with ...

These high-altitude germs could help spread disease ... But in the 1920s, scientists flew planes across the United States and caught floating spores. A century later, the living atmosphere remains ...

Traveling at high altitude can be hazardous. The information provided here is designed for educational use only and is not a substitute for specific training or experience. Princeton University and ...

This Upstate New York hamlet exists on every paper map, yet when you drive to it, you'll never find it. How is that possible?

As climate warms the atmosphere and spurs greater precipitation, mountain communities like Asheville, N.C., face growing ...

AccuWeather is forecasting vibrant fall foliage in parts of the Northeast but especially the Midwest. Pastelok says the ...